Sept. cash remittances grow 9.3% to $2.6B
CASH remittances from overseas Filipinos hit $2.6 billion in September, which was 9.3 percent higher compared to the same month last year, the Bangko...
NDRRMC: Agri damage due to ‘Ulysses’ now over P2 billion
THE damage in agriculture brought by Typhoon Ulysses has increased to P2.14 billion, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)...
SSS to provide calamity assistance for typhoon-hit members, pensioners
THE Social Security System (SSS) announced that it would provide a calamity assistance package for its members and pensioners in areas that are declared...
LANDBANK inaugurates first ATM in Pola, Oriental Mindoro
POLA, Oriental Mindoro – Computerized banking reached the third-class municipality of Pola in Oriental Mindoro with the inauguration last Oct. 19, 2020 of the...
PH mall titan accelerates shift to ‘omni-channel’ sales
SM INVESTMENTS Corp, the owner of the Philippines’ largest mall operator, is speeding up efforts to develop “omni-channel” options for shoppers as people shift...
‘Setback to food security’ DA incurs P10-B damage in crops due to typhoons
THE Philippine agriculture sector has so far incurred a combined P10 billion worth of damage and losses from Typhoons Quinta, Rolly, and Ulysses which...
Duterte calls for ‘economic integration’ to boost Asia-Pacific’s pandemic recovery
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday called for a deeper economic integration to accelerate the socio-economic recovery in the Asia Pacific region amid the COVID-19...
Electricity in Cagayan may be restored in 2 days – DOE
ELECTRICITY in Cagayan province may be restored in two days’ time after floods subside, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said Sunday.
Tuguegarao City has “partly” been...
No price hike on noche buena items, says DTI
AS CHRISTMAS celebration approaches, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has assured consumers that there will be no price increase on noche buena...
DBP inks partnership for enhanced seed distribution to farmers
STATE-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has signed an agreement with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) for the implementation of a program...